Police Reinvestigating The ‘Suicide’ Of A Woman Stabbed 20 Times
By Ashe Schow
Police have reopened an investigation into a woman’s 2011 “suicide,” following a lengthy battle from friends and family who have insisted the woman could not have killed herself.
Ellen Greenberg was a teacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, preparing for her upcoming wedding when her fiancé, Sam Goldberg, called police on January 26, 2011, to say he found her dead in their kitchen, Fox News reported. Her death was initially ruled a homicide since Greenberg had 20 stab wounds to her body, half of which were on her back.
But after pathologists, the city medical examiner’s office, and investigators met to discuss the case, the ruling was changed to a suicide, baffling friends and family.
“Ellen was always looking for that happily-ever-after true love: She wanted to start a family; she loved kids; she was excited about getting married and she was excited about having this new job,” her close friend Erica Hamilton told Fox News. “It seemed like everything was kind of settling into place for her, so at no time did I ever think that she was depressed or so overly stressed out that she was gonna do something to hurt herself. She was happy. She was excited.”